Cessna 172S N106ED

Summary

On 20 July 2005 at about 13:50 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N106ED was involved in an accident near Edwards AFB, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 July 2005 at 13:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Edwards AFB, California, United States

Nearest airport

Edwards Afb (EDW)

Coordinates

34.9053, -117.8836

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N106ED

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Edwards → Edwards

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX05CA275

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's misjudged flare and inadequate recovery technique from the subsequent bounces.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane landed hard and porpoised, damaging the nose wheel and firewall. The pilot was making a repositioning flight from the south runway complex to the main base runway (approximately 1/4 mile distance). The pilot departed runway 24 and landed on runway 04. Upon touchdown, the airplane hit the runway hard and bounced back into the air. The pilot tried to recover, but on the second landing attempt, the airplane hit the runway even harder. The airplane bounced one or two more times before the pilot was able to complete the landing. After the pilot parked the airplane, he completed a post flight inspection, and found damage to the propeller and to the nose wheel. Further inspection revealed damage to the firewall. The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.